Monday, January 30, 2012

One Thousand Blessings


#546-555

546. Checking out books at the library with the kids for the winter reading program

547. Running 5 miles

548. Borrowing a treadmill from Chad's mom

549. Lillian not having to get shots until kindergarten

550. Reading books with the kids

551. Playing Candyland with Jacob while Lillian naps

552. Baby Orajel for Lillian's back molars coming in

553. Seeing someone I haven't seen for awhile and having a nice visit with them

554. Having the extra money for really, really large electricity bill this month

555. 50° weather in January

To learn more about One Thousand Blessings visit Ann's blog, A Holy Experience, and take the dare to count as many blessings in which the Lord has blessed you with!!!! Blessings, Lisa

Monday, January 23, 2012

One Thousand Blessings

#536-545

536. Kyle and Lindsey having another snow day from school

537. Homework completed
538. Having a lick of the brownie batter

539. Chad taking the kids sledding

540. Hearing the kids tell me all about the fun time they had sledding

541. The cute little wicker chair for Lillian

542. My international customers

543. The kids getting their teeth cleaned at the dentist

544. Taking the kids to the store after their dentist appointment instead of right back to school

545. The cute little mail boxes we bought at Target from the dollar section

To learn more about One Thousand Gifts visit Ann's blog, A Holy Experience, and take the dare to count as many blessings in which the Lord has given you. Blessings, Lisa

Monday, January 16, 2012

One Thousand Blessings

#525-535

525. Chad watching the kids while I go for a walk or run

526. Jacob wanting to vacuum the floors for me

527. Watching Lillian scribble on the magna doodle

528. Chad cooking steak for dinner

529. Homemade mashed potato's and gravy

530. Signing up for a half marathon

531. The kids having their first snow day of 2012

532. Playing out in the snow with the kids

533. A huge snow pile to play in
534. Not having to drive in the snowy weather

535. Lindsey feeling better after having a stomach ache

To learn more about One Thousand Gifts visit Ann's blog, A Holy Experience, and take the dare to count as many blessings in which the Lord has given you!!!!

Monday, January 9, 2012

One Thousand Blessings

#516-525

516. Much warmer than normal January days

517. Sewing Lillian a cute Valentines day dress

518. The boys excited about being able to play outside

519. Our water bill being just under one hundred dollars this month

520. Kyle and Lindsey excited to go back to school after Christmas break

521. Long phone conversations

522. Writing down all the important dates on our new 2012 calender

523. Listening to Jacob play his preschool computer games while I sew, Lillian naps and Kyle and Lindsey are at school

524. Growing my Little Green Swing facebook fan page

525. Lillian only waking up two times during the night and getting closer to someday having a whole nights sleep

To learn more about One Thousand Gifts visit Ann's blog, A Holy Experience, and take the dare to count as many blessings in which the Lord has blessed you with!!!! Blessings, Lisa

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

A Year in Review 2011!

I am just a little late with putting together a review of last year! 2011 was the year of many firsts so it seems! Jacob learned to ride a bike all by himself with out training wheels, Kyle learned to jump off the diving board all by himself, Lindsey learned to play a few songs on the piano by herself ,Lillian learned to take her first few steps and Chad and I learned that we are NOT city people! Are you ready for some major picture overload! Here goes:
We had lots of snow this time last year!
Lindsey loved cheer leading camp and performing in front of everyone
Kyle and Lindsey both played basketball
Jacob learned to paint the walls, he did such a fine job!
Chad was wonderful at helping me to create the pictures I wanted of him and Lillian
I will cherish them always
Lindsey loves her new room
Kyle and Lindsey learned to fence
Kyle didn't really want to wear the outfit that went with fencing
The kids spent lots of time outside on the blanket
Kyle learned the ins and outs of baseball and did a really good job!
Kyle learned to jump off the diving board without any fear
Lillian wore the dress that Lindsey wore when she was about that same age for pictures
A picture of all the kids is usually easier said than done
We had many hot summer days spent outside
Lillian enjoyed her first of many fairs (along with extremely hot weather that week)
Jacob helped to farm, one of his favorite things to do
Lillian had her one year pictures at the farm in her big fluffy tutu I made for her
Kyle helped to take pictures of Lillian and I (Lillian wasn't thrilled with the whole idea)
Lillian turned ONE!
The kids enjoyed a beautiful fall day at the park over fall break
I even joined them in playing on the equipment
Lindsey loves her baby sister
Chad and I have the most beautiful kids and feel so blessed to call them ours!
Lillian learned that driving tractors is fun!
2011 is gone and now we look forward to what 2012 will us, we have so much planned this year! We have big plans this year Jacob will go off to kindergarten for the first time this fall, the kids will keep me busy with sports and other activity's, we even a family vacation in the works! Lots will happen this year I'm sure and we are ready for whatever comes our way. Bring on 2012, we wish you a very blessed New Year!!!! Blessings, Lisa

Sunday, January 1, 2012

One Thousand Blessings

#506-515

506. Finding the most important part of our Little People Nativity set under the couch (baby Jesus) before putting it all away until next year

507. Going shopping with all the kids to spend their Christmas money

508. Watching the boys pick out which toy tractors they want

509. Shopping for clothes for myself and finding lots of bargains

510. Lindsey buying a hula hoop that we can actually do, with a little practice

511. Watching Cars 2 with the kids

512. Filling 3 bags and counting with things to donate to the Goodwill store

513. Pulling the kids in the sled with what little bit of snow we had

514. Having almost all the Christmas decorations put away

515. Making plans for 2012

To learn more about One Thousand Gifts visit Ann's blog, A Holy Experience, and take the dare to count as many blessings in which the Lord has given you!!!!